Alexander Smith (abt. 1740 - abt. 1795)

Born about 1740 in Henrico, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Diana (Phelps) Smith — married about 1760 in Albemarle County, Virginia

Descendants

Died about 1795 at about age 55 in Buckingham, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Alexander Smith performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.

Alexander Smith is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A104635.

Birth year is a rough guess: 1730-1740.

Children:

Isaac 3/4/1758 (m. Sarah Susanna Rogers)

Matilda 5/16/1760 (m. Littelberry Patteson)

Jacob 1765 (m. Mary Ann Bailey)

son Alexander Cheatwood 1/15/1770 (m. Frances Virginia Anderson Miller)

William 1766 (m. Mrs. Emmore)

George Lumpkin 1767 (m. Elizabeth Harris)

son Robert (m. Mary F. Taylor b. 1837 dau of William and Mary Taylor, 9/2/1862)

Patrick 1768 (m. Martha Steger)

Martha 7/16/1770 (m. William Flowers)

Shadrach 12/25/1772 (m. Nancy Bailey)

Drusilla 2/11/1776 (m. Charles Rich b 5/27/1773)

Research Notes

Alexander's present in the Buckingham County Land Tax List for 1782, charged for 500 acres. His presumed son Isaac owned 150 acres (the next few years show transfers, possibly incomplete lists). By 1787, George and Shadrack Smith are noted as sons of Alexander, each charged with 250 acres.^[1]

He also received a land grant:

• 1 Feb 1780, to Alexander Smith, 187 acres in Buckingham on the branches of the south side Wreck Island Creek.^[2]

George L and Shadrach moved from Buckingham County, VA to Tennessee (Shadrach moved in 1811).

Rev Poindexter Patterson Smith (b 8/14/1793 in Buckingham Co. VA), third son of George Lumpkin and Elizabeth Harris Smith. Look for Memoir of Elder P. P. Smith by Elder A. B. Smith, 1847 (H.K. Ellyson, Printer of Richmond) How is this line connected to Byrd Smith?

Rev P. P. Smith m Marta Berryman, dau of William Berryman, 2/22/1825. Both were Buckingham County natives.

Who is Shadrack Smith that married Mary Byrd? A Bible reference suggests that this Shadrack is the father of this Alexander. From Tennessee Smithology

His father John's will names wife Jane, sons Abraham, Humphrey, Childaws [sic], Elacksander, Joseph, John and James; and daughter Mary Blankinship. Will was proved 28 Feb 1756 in Cumberland County, Virginia.

Sources

1. ↑ Land tax lists, 1782-1863, Virginia. Commissioner of the Revenue (Buckingham County), Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 1954, film 29901 (1782)
   https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYJR?i=17&cat=408775 (1787) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS46-YYVC?i=36&cat=408775
2. ↑ Virginia State Land Office Grants A, 1779-1780 (v.1 & 2 p.1-685), p. 265 (Reel 42). https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990008223020205756

• Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed March 14, 2016), "Record of Alexander Smith", Ancestor # A104635.
  
• Tennessee Smithology - Appendix III by Emma Barrett Peeves, 1975; Cook & McDowell Publications. Repository DAR Library, Washington DC. LOC 75-27993. Pages 114-135
• Mosby Childers Our Revolutionary War Grandfather by Barbara Couts Evans. Bottom of page 103-105.
• Library of Virginia. Archives.; Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928). indexes and lists; Virginia. Auditor of Public Accounts (1776-1928). Commissioner's book(s): I, p. 211, Court booklet(s): p. 5, 49, Lists: p. 3. https://lva.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01LVA_INST/altrmk/alma990010853560205756 Place of residence: Buckingham County.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.
• Info by John Russell through the import of John Russell family tree.ged on Jan 28, 2019.